麻将膜变牌视频教程:你给孩子带来了哮喘

我的儿子Spencer刚满三岁，一天，我发现他咳得很厉害。起初，我未做他想，只认为孩子生了小病。我告诉他躺下休息，认为他会很快恢复——只是咳嗽而已。过了一小会，我发现他心跳强烈，好像心脏要从胸腔中跳出来。

Terrified, my husband, Roger, and I rushed him to the hospital. We spent the next two nights in the ICU. The doctors told us he had something called reactive airways dysfunction syndrome -- a form of asthma. Neither my husband nor I had any family history of asthma, going back four generations. So we concluded that the cause was environmental.

太可怕了，我的丈夫Roger和我匆忙把他送去医院。我们在ICU（重症监护病房）呆了两夜。医生告诉我们Spencer患了一种称为急性呼吸道功能障碍综合征的疾病——哮喘的一种。我和丈夫追溯都没有哮喘的家族史，即使向上追溯四代。因此我们认为是环境引起了疾病。

It didn't take long to discover that the U.S. is in the midst of an asthma epidemic. The number of people diagnosed with asthma grew by 4.3 million in the last decade. About one in 10 American children currently suffer from asthma -- a nearly threefold increase from 3.6 percent in 1980. A suspected cause of these stunning changes? 

不难发现，在美国哮喘是个中度流行的疾病。过去十年中诊断为哮喘的人数增长了430万。在美国每十个孩子中就有一个患有哮喘——大约是1980年3.6%患病率的三倍。究竟是什么造成了这一巨变？

At least six well-designed epidemiological studies have pointed to one answer: A strong link between the use of certain cleaning products and asthma. That stopped me cold. The cause of my son's asthma may have been me. I may have been poisoning my own son.

至少有6项流行病学研究回答了这一问题：哮喘和清洁用品的使用有显著的相关性。这使我全身发冷。我儿子哮喘的原因竟可能是我。我可能害了我的孩子。

The good news is that this is one area where easy, affordable solutions are available. First and foremost, you should avoid what can be the strongest asthma triggering chemicals present in conventional cleaners such as bleach, hydrochloric acid and ammonia. And as we discussed last week, these chemicals are often mixed together to create an even more dangerous combination. Next go out and buy yourself non-toxic, biodegradable, green cleaning products. 

好消息是这一问题的解决办法简单经济。首先，你必须避免可能引起哮喘的化学物质，这些化学物质存在于清洁剂中，比如漂白剂、氢氯酸及铵盐。正如上星期我们讨论的，这些化合物混合在一起可能形成更危险地混合物。然后出去买些无毒、可降解的绿色清洁剂。

1. Gather all your cleaning products and read the labels.

1. 找出所有清洁产品，阅读标签。

2. Notice how dangerous and toxic they are. Then, take a deep breath (but not near the cleaning products).

2. 了解这些清洁剂究竟多危险。然后，深呼吸~（当然别在这些有毒的清洁剂旁边）。

3. Take all the ones that say "danger," "poison" or contain chlorine bleach and ammonia and put them in a garbage bag.

3. 把标有“危险”，“有毒”或者含氯的漂白剂丢到垃圾袋里。

4. Call your local sanitation department and ask them how to dispose of them safely.

4. 联系当地卫生环境部门，要求他们安全处理这些有毒的清洁剂。

5. Buy green cleaning products, and breathe deeply and safely.

5. 买环保的清洁剂，然后轻松地深呼吸吧~

By the way, my son is 11 and hasn't been to the emergency room in 1,825 days. But who's counting？

顺便提一句，我的儿子已经11岁，已经1825天没去过急诊室了。但是这是谁的责任？